DEFINITION of 'Private Company'. A company whose ownership is private. As a result, it does not need to meet the strict Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements of public companies.Next Up. company whose ownership is private. As a result, it does not need to meet the strict Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements of public companies.
Motorbike ballet as riders crash. Bubba Blackwell, another American stuntman, set the previous record with a 157 foot (47.85 meters) jump in Las Vegas in 1999. He broke the record set by Evel Knievel in 1975, which he held for 24 years.
Herbert James Burt Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 â 6 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967.This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. To qualify he made a one-way run of 305.89 km/h (190.07 mph), the fastest-ever officially-recorded speed on an Indian. 2  The unofficial speed record (officially timed) is 331 km/h (205.67 mph) for a flying mile. 3  In 2006, he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.